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They play both the best team in the league, City, and the worst team in the league, Swansea - according to the table after 18 games anyway.

Leicester sit eighth and Brighton are 13th, so, unsurprisingly, you cannot say that it's a really tough period for the Hornets, but it is not an easier one either.

Those teams have an average position in the Premier League table of 10.5, which is lower than ten sides' four fixtures, and higher than eight others.

Watford's first festive fixture sees them travel to the Amex Stadium to take on Brighton (Getty Images)

Burnley and Leicester have the toughest festive fixture list; the Clarets play Spurs, Manchester City, Huddersfield and Liverpool - an average position of sixth, while Leicester have games with United, Watford, Liverpool and Huddersfield - an average position of 6.5.

At the other end of the spectrum, the average league position of 15th placed West Ham's next four opponents - Newcastle, Bournemouth, West Brom and Spurs - is 15th!

Spurs and City will be hoping for profitable Christmas periods too, with their opponents averaging 13.25 and 14.5 positions in the table respectively.

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Everton sit one place above the Hornets in the table at the moment, and their opponents average tenth place in the league currently, while Huddersfield are one place lower and their opponents average 10.75 place.